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Hi Everyone,

This is a seemingly silly question about one hand in one SNG I played earlier today. So I guess I just wanted some feedback from the community relative to how I played the hand. I think I was incorrect all the way but sometimes I get differing opinions as to how I should have played it. Thanks in advance for ANY and ALL feedback!

Winning Poker Network (Yatahay) - 100/200 NL - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: 18.56 BB (VPIP: 17.43, PFR: 15.02, 3Bet Preflop: 6.67, hands: 246)
BTN: 15.16 BB (VPIP: 23.73, PFR: 19.64, 3Bet Preflop: 25.00, Hands: 60)
Hero (SB): 18.27 BB
BB: 15.5 BB (VPIP: 13.33, PFR: 8.62, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 60)

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9<font color='red'>♥</font> K<font color='red'>♦</font>

CO raises to 2 BB, fold, Hero calls 1.5 BB, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (6 BB, 3 players) 2<font color='black'>♣</font> 4<font color='red'>♦</font> 9<font color='red'>♦</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, CO bets 4.5 BB, Hero raises to 16.27 BB and is all-in, fold, CO calls 11.77 BB

Turn: (38.55 BB, 2 players) 5<font color='black'>♠</font>

River: (38.55 BB, 2 players) T<font color='red'>♦</font>

CO shows J<font color='red'>♥</font> J<font color='black'>♣</font> (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 72%, Flop 75%, Turn 89%)
Hero shows 9<font color='red'>♥</font> K<font color='red'>♦</font> (One Pair, Nines)
(Pre 28%, Flop 25%, Turn 11%)
CO wins 38.55 BB

You should have bet into him, and if he called you, most of the time villian would probably drawing depending on the flop or else hit the flop in some way

If he reraised you, you would have to give him credit for something decent unless he buffed a lot. But if he reraised you should play it very slowly and if it's a very big raise its very likely he already has you beat.

The way you played it you didn't have any read on him, and pretty much went in without knowing where you stand in the situation.

Tweaked the title just a bit and moved to Hand Analysis for (hopefully) more input.

Please read #5 in this thread's OP: https://www.cardschat.com/forum/tou...ent-hand-analysis-read-before-posting-174517/

Fold pre, K9o is a pretty terrible hand to calling with here out of position off of a rejam stack, or any stack for that matter. If you are going to have a flatting range here, it should be with hands such as JTs, T9s, AA/KK that you flop equity a decent % of the time and can x/shove a lot of boards with, or a trapping hand.

Leading flop would be awful, x/shove.

calling the raise to begin with was probably not the best idea, but having said that. with two diamonds on the flop, at most only call his bet with your nines. shoving all-in was bad move imo. he could have had diamonds, A9 or easily any over pair as was the case.

These usually work for me. I tend to limp most of the time - other wise i end up pushing into a bad beat

That shallow just fold that preflop. You're getting pretty good odds but that guys stats indicate he is pretty nitty so you probably aren't ahead of his range let alone the fact that you are OOP. Just muck it pre.

As played I'm not really sure what other option you have on that flop besides jamming, stack sizes are weird, flatting is hard there, but I don't see how you ever get called with worse (88 and AK probably just crying fold, and this villain probably just checks those hands, MAYBE 109s or j9s or q9s, and not sure villain is raising those) so maybe flatting is better, but it all starts pre.

bubble boy

in a single table SNG with 4 people left you were on the bubble and pretty much at an even stacked table. K9o is a terrible hand to play in this situation or most situations for that fact. I'd only play K9o if I had very dramatic pot odds, like 8:1 or better or at a final table of a MMT against a very loose aggro player.

Regards,
GiGiCat

Thanks for the replies

Thanks for the replies guys, I appreciate it.

Complicated analyze without you speaking the profile of the players. As you played, you passed a loose reading, and practically you played without having any idea of ​​your opponent's range of raise.